The griffin was Perugia's heraldic symbol and thus was proudly displayed on
its palazzo publico; so there is some related literature in Italian in
connection with it. It also became a noble Perugian personal name. In
English (with an illustration, I recall), see Wm. Heywood's old but
still-useful, *History of Perugia* (1910).
Gary Dickson
University of Edinburgh
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